Delves are an interesting component of the new endgame of WoW in The War Within. Already, Delves are something of a standout because they represent a new… Read more “The Difficulty With (And Of) Delves”
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First Thoughts: World of Warcraft The War Within
It’s been a busy summer since Dawntrail launched in late June, and now the last week of August marked another MMO expansion for me – World of… Read more “First Thoughts: World of Warcraft The War Within”
Blizzard’s Shadowboxing Match – Their Fight With Themselves on Tanks, Healers, and Trinkets in The War Within
The War Within beta went live, and with it, a challenging change – the effect of damaging trinkets and cantrip effects (weapon procs) are going down by… Read more “Blizzard’s Shadowboxing Match – Their Fight With Themselves on Tanks, Healers, and Trinkets in The War Within”
The Fun, Frustrating Ride of Mists of Pandaria: Remix
Mists of Pandaria Remix has been out for just over a week and a half now. How’s it going? Uh…both really well and also with a lot… Read more “The Fun, Frustrating Ride of Mists of Pandaria: Remix”
Healing Dungeons in World of Warcraft Dragonflight is a Broken Gameplay Design, and Here’s Why
Picture this: you’re healing a dungeon in World of Warcraft, and things are going well, when the boss stops to cast a huge party-wide damage hit. You’ve… Read more “Healing Dungeons in World of Warcraft Dragonflight is a Broken Gameplay Design, and Here’s Why”
The First Week: WoW’s New Dungeon Scaling, Experienced Firsthand
The dungeon difficulty changes made to World of Warcraft have been interesting, to say the least. For the uninitiated, the basic rundown is this – in Season… Read more “The First Week: WoW’s New Dungeon Scaling, Experienced Firsthand”
A Blundering Pre-Season Start to Season 4 – The Raid Rotation Fake-Out
Blizzard almost, dare I say it, made Season 4 a player-friendly one for the raid audience. The Season 4 concept that started with Shadowlands (not BfA, which… Read more “A Blundering Pre-Season Start to Season 4 – The Raid Rotation Fake-Out”
The World of Warcraft Experimental Streak, Part 2: Remists of Pandaria
Blizzard’s recent experimental streak on World of Warcraft has brought about two huge shifts in content through unique modes of play – Plunderstorm and the upcoming Mists… Read more “The World of Warcraft Experimental Streak, Part 2: Remists of Pandaria”
The World of Warcraft Experimental Streak, Part 1: Blundering Through Plunderstorm
Blizzard’s recent experimental streak on World of Warcraft has brought about two huge shifts in content through unique modes of play – Plunderstorm and the upcoming Mists… Read more “The World of Warcraft Experimental Streak, Part 1: Blundering Through Plunderstorm”
Timerunning: Pandamonium is…A Leveling Experiment?!
World of Warcraft’s patch 10.2.7 had this interesting item atop the list of features on the roadmap published back in January – Timerunning: Pandamonium. Pandemonium mispelled to… Read more “Timerunning: Pandamonium is…A Leveling Experiment?!”